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Wednesday 19 June 2019

Pakistani army helicopter saves 6 climbers hit by avalanche

By MUNIR AHMED and Tino Toldo.
Associated Press Bellò said they were “very
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lucky” that they survived. “I
Pakistani army helicopter think glacier collapsed and
rescued on Tuesday four millions tons come down.
Italian and two Pakistani We were very up at the
climbers stranded at an mountain,” he said.
altitude of around 5,300 In a separate incident
meters (17,390 feet) in the on Monday, two Chinese
country’s north, after an mountaineers were report-
avalanche struck the team ed missing in another area
the previous day, a moun- in northern Pakistan, said
taineering worker said. A Haidri. He said a rescue
Pakistani member of the mission was planned to find
team was killed. them.
The expedition was hit while Mountaineers from across
descending a peak in the the world travel to Pakistan
Ishkoman Valley, located every year to try scaling its
in the northern district of high northern mountains.
Ghizar. In this photo provided by Gilgit Baltistan regional police department, mountaineers receive initial Harsh weather and condi-
Karrar Haidri, head of Paki- treatment following their rescue, at a helipad in the town of Imit, Ghizer district of Gilgit Balistan tions often prove a test for
stan’s Alpine Club, told The region, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jun 18, 2019. the most experienced of
Associated Press that the Associated Press climbers.
six surviving climbers were “A Pakistan army helicop- tour operator who ar- hammad Imtiaz, would be Earlier this year, two Eu-
taken to a hospital in the ter was used for this com- ranged the expedition, brought down later. ropean climbers —Italian
nearby town of Gilgit for plicated but successful confirmed that Pakistan’s Aman said none of the sur- Daniele Nardi and Briton
the treatment of injuries. rescue operation, despite military had dispatched the viving team had life threat- Tom Ballard — were killed
“Sadly, one Pakistani moun- the fact that the stranded helicopter earlier on Tues- ening injuries. during bad winter weather
taineer was killed, but six mountaineers were present day morning to rescue the The four Italian climbers on Nanga Parbat, which
other members of the ex- at an altitude of around climbers. involved are expedition is the world’s ninth-tallest
pedition are being treated 5,300 meters,” he added. He said the body of the leader Tarcisio Bellò, Luca mountain at 8,126 meters
at a hospital,” he said. Ashraf Aman, a Pakistani Pakistani mountaineer, Mo- Morellato, David Bergamin (26,660 feet).q

Iranian president: Iran isn’t seeking war against any nation

By NASSER KARIMI “We do not wage war with commitments, to ... interna-
Associated Press any nation,” Rouhani said, tional agreements.”
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran is speaking during the inau- But on Monday, Iran’s nu-
not seeking to wage war guration of a new terminal clear agency announced
against any nation, the at Tehran’s Imam Khomeini it will surpass the uranium
country’s president said International Airport that stockpile limits set by its
Tuesday while at the same will raise its capacity from 8 2015 nuclear deal in the
time stressing that Iranians million to 13 million passen- next 10 days, raising pres-
will withstand mounting U.S. gers a year. sure on Europeans trying to
pressure and emerge vic- “The entire Iranian nation save the accord a year fol-
torious. is unanimous in confront- lowing the U.S. withdrawal.
The remarks by President ing” U.S. pressures, Rouhani Hours later, the Pentagon
Hassan Rouhani came as said. “The end of this battle announced it was send-
Tehran and Washington will see victory of the Irani- ing about 1,000 additional
are edging toward a flash- an nation.” American troops to the
point after Iran announced Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks during a session of He added that despite the Middle East to bolster secu-
it was breaking compli- the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, U.S. withdrawal last year rity in the region in the face
ance with the nuclear deal Kyrgyzstan, Friday, June 14, 2019. from Tehran’s 2015 nucle- of what U.S. officials said
with world powers and the Associated Press ar deal world powers, Iran was a growing threat from
Trump administration or- dered 1,000 more troops to the Middle East. had remained “loyal to its Iran. q